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UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance will be presenting “DanceWorks” Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3 p.m. in the University Theatre located in UW-Green Bay’s Theatre Hall. Under the artistic direction of Denise Carlson-Gardner, come celebrate dance in a concert of faculty and student choreography representing a diverse medley of styles. Learn more.

UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance will be presenting ‘DanceWorks’ on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3 p.m. in the University Theatre located in UW-Green Bay’s Theatre Hall. Under the artistic direction of Denise Carlson-Gardner, come celebrate dance in a concert of faculty and student choreography representing a diverse medley of styles. Learn more.

Assistant Professor Emily Ransom (Humanities) was featured in Warren Gerds, Critic at Large’s preview of The Taming of the Shrew on WeAreGreenBay.com. “This is a new venture for the University, and we’re very excited about what it might open for us,” said Ransom.

Critic-at-Large Warren Gerds was entertained by the UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance presentation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” “It’s fun to be in an audience that gets it… gets the humor of Oscar Wilde as it rolls out subtly, wryly and oh-so-cleverly like waves lapping on a shore. Such an experience was at hand Saturday night in a full Jean Weidner…” Read his review.

Twas the end of the term, and away at the Kress,
Four gentle, fine dance students practiced their best.
They pliéd, chasséd and developéd with such grace,
That Phlash the Phoenix could not believe his big face.

’Twas too little to admire the scene from afar,
So he snuck up upon them to join in at the barre.
Despite how he tiptoed and crept with such care,
His ungainly footfalls, announced he was there.

To his delight and surprise, the dancers made way,
For furry Phlash Phoenix, to join in that day.
This really did happen, we swear it’s the truth,
And if you’re a skeptic, we have video proof!

So with this message, festive greetings we spread,
In hopes visions of Phoenix will dance in your head.

UW-Green Bay students had a unique opportunity — a dance Masterclass with Slávka Jelínková, guest artist visiting for the Czech-Slovak Music Festival, September 25-27. The focus of the class was Traditional Folk Dance used in Ballet. Students of all levels, including beginners, were welcome to participate.

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University photographer Eric Miller captured the class with images and put together a little stop-action video.

Slávka Jelínková, a guest artist visiting for the Czech-Slovak music festival, will lead a dance class from 10:35 to 11:45 a.m. Friday (Sept. 27). The class will involve traditional folk dance used in ballet. Students of all levels, including beginners, are welcome to attend. The session will take place in Theatre Hall 132 (Dance Studio).

UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance will present Danceworks, a concert of faculty and student choreography, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at the University Theatre in Theatre Hall on campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The show will celebrate dance with a diverse medley of styles, showcasing five student-choreographed pieces and eight pieces choreographed by faculty member and Danceworks Artistic Director Denise Carlson-Gardner.

“The styles range from contemporary to classical jazz, jazz funk — which is what you see in music videos — to classical and rhythm tap,” Carlson-Gardner said. “It’s a really broad spectrum, which represents styles that the students are learning in our department.”

This is the first time Danceworks will be presented as a mainstage production, after the UW-Green Bay Theatre program was renamed UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance for the 2012-13 academic year. The change has brought this year’s Danceworks production to another level, Carlson-Gardner said.

“It’s the same concert,” she said. “But bigger and better.”

Danceworks showcases the talents of 22 UW-Green Bay students, performing solos, duets, trios and larger group works. It is the fourth mainstage production of the 2012-13 academic year for UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance.

Tickets for Danceworks are $8 in advance and $10 at the door for the general public; $5 in advance and $7 at the door for senior citizens and individuals under age 18; and $5 for UW-Green Bay students. Order online at www.uwgb.edu/tickets or by calling (920) 465-2400 or (800) 328-tkts.

A video on the UW-Green Bay Theatre and Dance production of Danceworks is available online at http://bit.ly/10hncqs.

Just another example why the re-invigoration of the Weidner Center is good for campus and community: Actors from the Aquila Theatre Company were scheduled to work Monday afternoon with students from Prof. Laura Riddle’s acting class prior to the visiting troupe’s evening performance of The Taming of the Shrew. A similar workshop, this time for UW-Green Bay dance students, is planned in conjunction with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s performance of Moulin Rouge at the Weidner on Nov. 1.

Police Chief Tom isn’t the only Kujawa making news this week — daughter and May 2012 UW-Green Bay grad Lindsay Kujawa also is in the spotlight. Friday’s (July 13) Marshfield News-Herald has a story featuring Kujawa and her dance troupe, Weston-based Introspect Arts. Kujawa wrote and directed the group’s latest production, “#ThrowAwayYourTelevision,” which will be performed July 19, 20 and 21 at UW-Marathon County. The troupe, which Kujawa founded with her fiancé, Nate Barr, focuses on social issues. You can read the story, and find our earlier feature on Kujawa and her work, by clicking the links below:Marshfield News-HeraldUW-Green Bay news